By Muheeb Mashood Controversial football manager, Jose Mourinho’s hope of winning the Europa League was dashed to the wall, following a a 4-1 penalty shoot-out against seventh-time title winner, Sevilla at Budapest. A 35th minute Paulo Dybala’s lead gave coach Mourinho’s Roma a joyous assurance to extend his European final records, however, Mancini’s own goal…
By Habeeb Olokooba Elation and self-fulfillment shines on the face of Usman Shaabah, a 400-level student of Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto and an occupant of D Block. With a bucket in his hand as he exist the toilet, everything indicates that Shaabah has discharged something has answered the call of nature. But that was not…
By Abdulrasaq kamaldeen Insecurity has assumed a soft spot in Nigeria. Everyday, bandits and terrorists unleash mayhem on innocent people living in both rural and urban areas. Hundreds of thousands people have been displaced and many have lost their lives as the federal government could not tackle the issue. To wit, the lives of students…
By Taofeeq Imam It was on Thursday. The hellish sun in the City of Caliphate was at its sharp end. Students of Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto could be seen scampering to shades to escape the infernal treatment of the sun. Bello Imran sat under the shade with a plastic table on his front at the…
By Abdulkadir Sofiullahi Babatunde Abdulrasheed, a 500-level student of Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto, has become a regular customer at the school clinic. Though he does not have an assignment with the clinic, anyone who visits there regularly would not hesitate to label Abdulrasheed as a staff member in the clinic. The reason for his frequent…
By Asiat Meikudi Sadia, who prefers to use a pseudonym to protect her real identity, is an indigene of Kwara State_ a dominated Yoruba speaking state in Nigeria. She sees and believes in education as a source of exploration and experience. That was the reason she convicted herself and shrugged all advice given to her,…
By Jumoke Esuola That night, after visiting the bathroom three times to cool the heat that had been boiling her body, Joy Enoch buried herself in a mosquito net to avoid going to the school clinic with a malaria complaint the following morning. The occupant of IA Hall of Residence applied all her strength to…
By Amanatullah Yusuf The registration for the 2022/2023 academic session is on the verge of closing, lecture has started but Oyiza Nuhu, a 400-level student of Microbiology is enveloped in uncertainty about the courses she would register for the ongoing academic session. The reason for her uncertainty is not far away from the delay in…
Isiaq Ibrahim reports Idris Yusuf Ayab, a 28-year-old graduate from the department of Forestry and Environment at Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto clinched first-class honors with a cumulative grade point average(CGPA) of 4.59. Speaking with the NEWS DIGEST PRESS, Ayab said he is the only person who achieved the feat in the 2021/2022 graduating students….
By Isiaq Ibrahim Recently, there has been confusions and controversies surrounding the process of the Faculty of Education and Extension Services’ Teaching Practice(TP) program for the 2022/2023 academic session. On Tuesday, 25th April, the Chairman of TP, Doctor Abbas Mahmud released a statement that students should report to their various departmental TP coordinators with their…
